fishtail

Meanings

Noun

• The tail of a fish, or an object resembling this.
• The skidding of the back of a vehicle from side to side.
• A kind of chisel with a flared blade.

Verb

• To swing the back of a vehicle (originally an aircraft) from side to side.
• To cause the back of (a vehicle) to swing from side to side.
• To move with the tail swinging from side to side in this way.

Origin

• From Middle English fisch tayle, equivalent to .